Coconut oil ‘as unhealthy as beef fat and butter’
Coconut oil is as unhealthy as beef dripping and butter, say US heart experts. It is packed with saturated fat which can raise “bad” cholesterol, says the American Heart Association in...
Prostate cancer blood test ‘helps target treatment’
Scientists have developed a blood test that could pick out which men with advanced prostate cancer would benefit from a new drug treatment. The test detects cancer DNA in the blood, helping doctors...
Innovating in a Highly Regulated Industry Like Health Care
When I was Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, I often felt that my title should have been Chief Innovation Communication and Relations Officer. In any firm, an innovation...
The tiny health insurance company holding Obamacare together
Across broad swaths of the Midwest, the fate of the Affordable Care Act increasingly rests on the shoulders of a small nonprofit health insurance plan headquartered in suburban Minneapolis. Medica...
Going to bed later on weekends may harm your health
The new research was published in an abstract supplement of the academic journal Sleep. Previous studies have suggested that social jet lag may have negative health consequences. Some have linked it...
Friendship More Important For Health Than Family As We Age, Study Finds
We may have less time to spend with friends as we get older, but that doesn’t mean that close companionship becomes any less important to our well-being. That’s because our social circle has a...
You should care about your doctor’s health, because it matters to yours
Doctors’ health tends to be broadly high compared to the general population. This is expected given their relative privilege. Health operates according to a social gradient – those with more, say,...
UC Berkeley Partners With Blockchain Startup For Health Data Research
The University of California, Berkeley is working with blockchain startup Bitmark on a pair of research studies focused on secure data sharing. Centered on public health and medical information, the...
